Clavaria

noun

Cla·​var·​ia

kləˈva(a)rēə

: a genus (the type of the family Clavariaceae) of fleshy mostly saprophytic and edible fungi having the hymenium over the surface of simple or branched club-shaped or corallike sporophores

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin clava club + New Latin -aria

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